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Using Evidence to Optimize Savings and Loan Payment Channel Choices
By Maelis Carraro and Justin Grider What does a year’s worth of channel transactions tell us about a client’s...
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‘Stealthy’ Saving: Building on Payroll Credit to Automate Savings
Co-authored with Lauren Oldja Basic savings accounts are essential to helping people build assets, and they’re often the first...
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‘Cross-sell Done Well’: How One Finance App Found a Balance Between Digital and Human Touch
Field officers at Sajida Foundation, an NGO and microfinance provider in Bangladesh, are constantly on the go. They...
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Can Tech Humanize Microfinance? An Unexpected Benefit of Going Digital
Co-written by Laura Cojocaru Until recently, CEP (a microfinance institution in Vietnam) operated similarly to most MFIs:...
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Is Mobile Money Killing Off the Group Microfinance Model (And Would That Be Such a Bad Thing)?
In the summer of 2017, SAJIDA Foundation, an NGO and microfinance provider in Bangladesh, made a bold decision...
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How SAJIDA Foundation Practically Doubled Customer Uptake of Savings Accounts Using Evidence-Based Redesign
Afsana works at a garment factory in Dhaka and has two young daughters. She recently opened an Astha term...
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Mobile Money Meets Microcredit: Creating an Evidence-Based Cross-Sell Strategy
By Kristy Bohling and Kelly Nguyen Financial institutions, including those serving low-income clients, regularly turn to cross-selling to engage...
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Mobile Money Meets Microcredit: Three Key Decisions in Taking a Concept from Design to Pilot
In a previous blog post, we were introduced to how SAJIDA Foundation in Bangladesh is using evidence from...